Burning books all over Poland! On the 28th April 1942 in Krakaow, Poland Kristallnacht (where German soldiers came to houses and burnt Jewish books) occurred and has been an emotional time for an orphanage in the Alps of Poland. Kids have suffered a bad form of depression after seeing the horrible event occur.Nazi’s have caused a rage by burning over 10,000 Jewish books over Poland this year and over 30,000 books the past three years.
The Nazi soldiers had rushed in from the front entrance and shoved Mother Minka to get passed her and into the orphanages library. “Nazi’s are very mean,” Mother Minka clarified, “They almost knocked me out.” The Nazi’s had grabbed all the books in the library. The soldiers had matches in their pockets, identified by a match on the floor, and had lit all of the Jewish books. Not only did the soldiers burn the books, they had also shot the books. “Maybe they were burning the books because they were too old and decided to replace them with new ones. Mum and Dad never would have let that happen. Even though they were old books they were still books” Felix a young orphan explained.
When questioned later about the incident, Mother Minka, the orphanage caretaker, was really surprised to see the Nazi’s. She had never thought that the soldiers would come and check if there were any books at the orphanage, Felix was also there when this occurred. Felix was a young Jewish boy. It is well known that the Nazi’s didn’t like any Jews so if they saw one it is believed that they would immediately kill them. “How the Nazi’s knew that I had Jewish books here at the orphanage, I have no idea. They don’t suspect Felix is Jewish” Mother Minka verified.
Felix was looking forward to meeting his parents after three years of not seeing them at all. His parents had troubles with the bookshop they owned, so they put Felix in an orphanage and promised to pick him up as soon as the troubles ended. Felix was so happy and excited that his parents were coming that he
